Glenn DeRoché is an Architectural Designer with over 13 years of experience working on a diverse range of projects across the globe. As an Architectural Designer, Glenn is passionate about engaging with local artisans to upscale local materials and techniques to develop more sustainable and contemporary building practices among communities in the Caribbean, the US, and now West Africa. Many of those professional years has been spent working at Adjaye Associates where he has played an instrumental role in many of the firm’s most significant and award winning projects including the $540 Million National Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington DC; District Hospitals Ghana- an innovative healthcare initiative that will see the creation of hospital facilities on over 101 sites across the country; the International Finance Corporation’s new headquarters in Dakar, Senegal which is currently under construction and anticipates becoming the first net zero office building in West Africa; and a new 500 square meter private art gallery and residence for dot.Ateliers in Accra. Having worked alongside Sir David Adjaye for over a decade, Glenn has honed his skillsets and design sensibilities around the exploration of scale, light, and innovative materials within the built environment.

As of early 2022, Glenn has moved on from Adjaye Associates, to be Creative Director of architectural practice, DeRoche Projects. Since inception, the practice has completed a number of projects from Accra, Ghana to Vienna, Austria, with on going works in the U.S. and other parts of West Africa. Glenn brings a wealth of knowledge to the practice from his previous experience with project resourcing and finance, leading production and design coordination, monitoring project progress and quality, facilitating and acquiring permits, and client engagement.

Glenn graduated Cum Laude from the Bernard Anne Spitzer School of Architecture at The City College of New York with his Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture and later went on to graduate with Distinction from the Bartlett School of Architecture in London for his Master’s.